Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sctp: sysctl: plpmtud_probe_interval: avoid using current->nsproxy
As mentioned in a previous commit of this series, using the 'net' structure via 'current' is not recommended for different reasons:
- Inconsistency: getting info from the reader's/writer's netns vs only from the opener's netns.
- current->nsproxy can be NULL in some cases, resulting in an 'Oops' (null-ptr-deref), e.g. when the current task is exiting, as spotted by syzbot [1] using acct(2).
The 'net' structure can be obtained from the table->data using container_of().
Note that table->data could also be used directly, as this is the only member needed from the 'net' structure, but that would increase the size of this fix, to use '*data' everywhere 'net->sctp.probe_interval' is used.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= d1e462a7a5f359cbb9a0e8fbfafcfb6657034105, < 1dc5da6c4178f3e4b95c631418f72de9f86c0449; >= d1e462a7a5f359cbb9a0e8fbfafcfb6657034105, < 44ee8635922b6eb940faddb961a8347c6857d722; >= d1e462a7a5f359cbb9a0e8fbfafcfb6657034105, < 284a221f8fa503628432c7bb5108277c688c6ffa; >= d1e462a7a5f359cbb9a0e8fbfafcfb6657034105, < bcf8c60074e81ed2ac2d35130917175a3949c917; >= d1e462a7a5f359cbb9a0e8fbfafcfb6657034105, < 6259d2484d0ceff42245d1f09cc8cb6ee72d847a |
| Linux | Linux | 5.14 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dc5da6c4178f3e4b95c631418f72de9f86c0449Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/284a221f8fa503628432c7bb5108277c688c6ffaPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44ee8635922b6eb940faddb961a8347c6857d722Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6259d2484d0ceff42245d1f09cc8cb6ee72d847aPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcf8c60074e81ed2ac2d35130917175a3949c917Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
Timeline
- Published
- Jan 19, 2025
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified